Deficit
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
deficit (noun)1.
a) (1) in amount or quality - deficiency a deficit in rainfall
(2) a lack or impairment in a functional capacity - cognitive deficits a hearing deficit
b) - disadvantage scored two runs to overcome a 2–1 deficit
2.
a) an excess of expenditure over revenue
b) a loss in business operations
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
deficit (noun)a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
SYNONYMS:
crunch, dearth, deficit, drought ( drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, wantRELATED WORDS:
absence, omission; meagerness, poorness, skimpiness; necessity, need, privationNEAR ANTONYMS:
bountifulness, copiousness; excess, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit, surplus
